Belgian Congo 1928 10 centimes

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 74356
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This specimen was lot 74356 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description[1] noted, "BELGIAN CONGO. 10 Centimes, 1928/5. Brussels Mint. Albert I. NGC MS-66." This type was struck 1910-11, 1917-28 and most dates, including this one, are common. OVerdates 1928/5 and 1928/7 are reported as scarce. There is a similar five and twenty centimes.

Recorded mintage: 5, 600, 000.

Specification: 4 g, copper-nickel, 22 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-18.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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